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Old 02-18-2011, 09:30 PM
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Meh... I dont trust cheap gauges. There is only 1 reason for the price difference.. lol but if it works sweet.
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockwell28
Wow you paid more for the bezel then the gauges. I like that look, not so in your face when you are driving.
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by H0SS302
Meh... I dont trust cheap gauges. There is only 1 reason for the price difference.. lol but if it works sweet.
I didnt really either to begin with but I went ahead and tried them out anyway and asked the tuner to check them out to make sure they were all good compared to what the dyno was saying and he said they are good to go. He said usually "tuner cars" run prosport gauges though but they do work. There is usually 2 reasons items will be more expensive or cheaper. 1 is quality and the other could simply be the name. When I run an intercooler with a smaller pulley later down the road I will have them checked out again tho make sure they are all good.
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by scooter3
Wow you paid more for the bezel then the gauges. I like that look, not so in your face when you are driving.
lol true. here is another site but I went ith the prosport bc my factory cluster is greed with red needles and so is it. Its just a brighter green.

http://www.carpartswholesale.com/v5/...t=boost+gauges
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:42 PM
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not meaning to steal your thread OP but what gauges would you guys run in a car running a 100 shot plate kit?
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:51 PM
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IMO wideband o2 is probably the best gauge.. if your a/f gets wacky, you know its a fuel problem pretty much right off the bat...so really its a multipurpose gauge. You dont need the fuel pressure.
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:53 PM
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so i only need one and i should be fine?
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:57 PM
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You really dont need any... by the time you notice something wrong with nitrous your likely going to be looking as your pistons in your passenger seat lol.

If you have a wideband, youll notice something wrong in the fuel department immediately.
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:59 PM
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haha alright thanks
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Old 02-18-2011, 10:03 PM
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Plus... at the cost of a fuel pressure safety switch, your an idiot of you dont run that.
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